Accrington
Sign in to saveAccrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to "Accy", the town has a population of 35,456 according to the 2011 census. Accrington is the largest settlement and the seat of the Hyndburn borough council.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Accrington
- UK place.local_name
- Accy
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.population
- 34,897
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD761286
- UK place.post_town
- ACCRINGTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01254
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hyndburn
- UK place.shire_district
- Hyndburn
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Hyndburn
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Hyndburn
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
66 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Industrial Revolution
- Accrington Pals
- Demography
- Economy
- Poverty, regeneration and investment
- Geography
- Transport
- Railway
- Roads
- Bus
- Cycleways and footpaths
- Public services
- Police services
- Social
- Governance
- Health
- Media
- Accrington dialect
- History of Accrington dialect
- Influence of Old English and Middle English
- Impact of Viking invasions and Old Norse
- Development and changes over time
- Pronunciation and phonetics
- Vowel shifts and variations
- Consonant changes
- Accent and stress patterns
- Local and regional words
- Industry and occupation-related terminology
- Landscape and geography-related vocabulary
- Ancient customs and traditions of Accrington
- Rush-Bearing Festival
- Wakes Week
- Local sports and games
- Sport
- Football team
- Team history
- Cricket
- Other sports
- Education
- Landmarks
- Haworth Art Gallery
- The Viaduct
- Town Hall
- The Arcade
- Oak Hill Park
- Haworth Park
- The Coppice and Peel Park
- Early landowners
- De Lacy family
- Walmsley family
- Peel family
- Hargreaves family
- Haworth family
- Peel, Yates and Co.
- Duckworth family
- Birtwistle family
- Holden family
- Notable residents
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to "Accy", the town has a population of 35,456 according to the 2011 census. Accrington is the largest settlement and the seat of the Hyndburn borough council.
Accrington is a former centre of the cotton and textile machinery industries. The town is famed for manufacturing the hardest and densest building bricks in the world, "The Accrington NORI" (iron), which were used in the construction of the Empire State Building and for the foundations of Blackpool Tower and the Haworth Art Gallery which holds Europe's largest collection of Tiffany glass. The club is home to EFL club Accrington Stanley. The town played a part in the founding of the football league system, with a defunct club (Accrington F.C.) being one of the twelve original clubs of the English Football League.